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Summit road accidents: crash map and statistics

Police recorded 132 road traffic collisions in Summit, Rochdale, from 1979 to 2025, and 178 people were killed or injured in them. Of those collisions, 1 was fatal and 34 were serious.

The last recorded collision was on 22 November 2023.

Collisions since 1979
132
2,454th of 2,851 towns, highest first
Casualties
178
1.35 per collision
Fatal collisions
1
1 person killed
Serious collisions
34
39 seriously injured
Last recorded collision
22 Nov 2023
Busiest year
1981
9 collisions

Road collision statistics for Summit

Collisions by severity, 1979 to 2025

  • Fatal10.8%
  • Serious3426%
  • Slight9773%

What the data shows

  • Summit had 9 collisions from 2016 to 2025, 71% fewer than the 31 from 2006 to 2015.
  • 27% of collisions in Summit were fatal or serious, against 20% across Great Britain.
  • 32 children under 16 were killed or injured in Summit, 18% of the casualties whose age was recorded.
  • The road surface was wet, icy, snowy or flooded in 44% of collisions in Summit.

Where Summit ranks among 2,851 towns

Most collisions
2,454th
Most casualties
2,439th
Most fatal collisions
2,420th
Most serious collisions
2,171st

Collisions by day of the week

  • Monday21 (16%)
  • Tuesday18 (14%)
  • Wednesday18 (14%)
  • Thursday17 (13%)
  • Friday18 (14%)
  • Saturday18 (14%)
  • Sunday22 (17%)

Light conditions

  • Daylight94 (71%)
  • Dark, street lights lit35 (27%)
  • Dark, lighting unknown3 (2.3%)

Type of road

  • Single carriageway126 (95%)
  • Dual carriageway3 (2.3%)
  • Not recorded3 (2.3%)

Speed limit at the scene

  • 20 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 30 mph116 (88%)
  • 40 mph13 (9.8%)
  • 50 mph1 (0.8%)
  • 60 mph1 (0.8%)

Weather at the time

  • Fine, no high winds95 (72%)
  • Raining, no high winds20 (15%)
  • Raining with high winds5 (3.8%)
  • Fine with high winds3 (2.3%)
  • Fog or mist1 (0.8%)
  • Snowing, no high winds1 (0.8%)
  • Other2 (1.5%)
  • Not recorded5 (3.8%)

Who was hurt

  • Car occupant104 (58%)
  • Pedestrian35 (20%)
  • Motorcyclist18 (10%)
  • Van occupant9 (5.1%)
  • Cyclist8 (4.5%)
  • Bus or coach occupant2 (1.1%)
  • Goods vehicle occupant (over 3.5 tonnes)2 (1.1%)

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

Summit road accidents by year

Collisions and casualties in Summit, 1979 to 2025

Collisions in Summit peaked at 9 in 1981; none were recorded in 2025.

  • Collisions
  • Collisions in 2025
  • Casualties

Source: Department for Transport, STATS19 road safety data

View as a table
YearCollisionsCasualties
202500
202400
202311
202223
202100
202000
201911
201811
201734
201613
201523
201400
201322
201233
201138
201011
200948
200868
200768
200646
200537
200478
200333
200224
200112
200011
199934
199845
199711
199600
199533
199422
199322
199211
199144
199036
198966
198844
198747
198648
198546
198400
198366
198244
1981912
198066
197956

Map of recent crashes in Summit

Map of the 24 most recent crashes in Summit

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  • 24 crashes
  • Fatal
  • Serious
  • Slight

Recent road crashes in Summit

The 24 most recent collisions in Summit happened between 30 April 2009 and 22 November 2023.

Severity

Crashes by road in Summit

Of the 132 collisions in Summit, 74 were on the A6033.

Collisions in Summit on each road, 1979 to 2025
RankRoadCollisionsCasualtiesFatalSerious
1stA603374107119

Council area for Summit

Summit is in Rochdale, where police recorded 30,886 collisions from 1979 to 2025. Summit accounts for 0.4% of them.

Postcode district for Summit

All 132 collisions in Summit were in the OL15 postcode district.